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Job Description
At eBay were more than a global ecommerce leader were changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. Were committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.
Our customers are our compass authenticity thrives bold ideas are welcome and everyone can bring their unique selves to work every day. Were in this together sustaining the future of our customers our company and our planet.
Join a team of passionate thinkers innovators and dreamers and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.
Senior Software Engineer T24 (Segmentation)
Role Summary
Join eBays Segmentation team as a Senior Software Engineer (T24) where you will design and deliver resilient network segmentation services that safeguard mission-critical commerce traffic across multiple clouds and datacenters. As a T24 engineer you will take ownership of subsystems drive solutions from design through production and play a key role in improving team productivity and engineering excellence.
What Youll Do
Design and implement efficient extensible and maintainable solutions for the teams network segmentation platform.
Own multiple subsystems in the control plane and data plane ensuring reliability and scalability.
Translate feature requests into design options provide accurate estimations and implement practical solutions.
Integrate with SDN/CNI technologies (Istio/Envoy/Calico/Cilium) and Linux networking primitives (iptables/nftables routing BGP VXLAN).
Proactively identify design/code issues propose improvements and drive resolution within the team.
Implement test automation and CI/CD pipelines (Go testing Ginkgo/Gomega) ensuring high-quality code delivery.
Participate in incident response by debugging Kubernetes workloads and networking issues and contribute to postmortems with actionable fixes.
Document features and release notes to support operational readiness and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate with stakeholders (Product SRE Security Cloud) by communicating assumptions clarifying requirements and providing data-driven guidance on roadmap items.
Must-Have Qualifications
5 years in backend or systems engineering; 2 years in Golang building distributed services or controllers.
Strong knowledge of TCP/IP Linux networking and Kubernetes fundamentals.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes controllers/Operators/CRDs (client-go reconcile patterns).
Solid debugging and troubleshooting skills across distributed systems networking and containers.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and test automation practices.
Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain design decisions and assumptions to stakeholders.
Proven track record of owning and delivering subsystems in production environments.
Nice-to-Have
Experience with SDN/CNI (Calico Cilium OVS/OVN) and service mesh (Istio/Envoy).
Familiarity with eBPF OPA/Gatekeeper or multi-cluster controllers.
Knowledge of distributed data stores (etcd SQL NoSQL) and eventing systems (Kafka PubSub SQS).
Exposure to observability tools (metrics logging tracing OpenTelemetry).
Community & Growth
Participate in team interviews and help grow the Segmentation team.
Share knowledge through brown bags lightning talks or internal articles.
Contribute to eBays open source initiatives or industry conferences.
Engage in mentorship as a mentee developing toward broader technical leadership.
Why This Role Matters
As a Senior Engineer (T24) you are a key owner within the team: translating product requirements into robust technical solutions ensuring production readiness and raising the quality of the codebase. This role is about building strong reliable systems while growing your leadership influence preparing you to scale your impact in future MTS-level roles.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
